Serbia’s ruling SNS leads in parliamentary vote, preliminary results show
Belgrade, SerbiaReuters The ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) of President Aleksandar Vucic is in the lead in a snap election on Sunday with 46.6 per cent of votes, according to a projection by pollsters Ipsos and CeSID. The opposition Serbia Against Violence (SPN) alliance is set to come second with 23 per cent, while the […]
Gunman shoots two dead, wounds five others at Virginia high school graduation
Reuters A man armed with four handguns killed two people and wounded five others when he fired into a crowd outside a high school graduation ceremony in Richmond, Virginia, on Tuesday, police said. Police said they arrested one suspect, a 19-year-old man who knew one of the victims and shot at him amid the crowd […]
After two mass shootings, can Serbia rid itself of guns?
Belgrade, SerbiaReuters After Serbia was rocked by two mass shootings in two days earlier in May, Branko, 54, surrendered his unlicensed arms under a government amnesty: four assault rifles, nine handguns, eight grenades and many boxes of ammunition. The huge cache of weapons handed over by just one veteran of the wars that tore apart […]
Serbians rally against violence after two mass shootings
Belgrade, Serbia Reuters Tens of thousands of Serbians protested on Monday, demanding better security, a ban on violent TV content and the resignation of key ministers, days after two mass shootings killed 17 people. Crowds in numbers not seen in the Balkan country for years solemnly marched through the centre of the capital Belgrade behind […]
In the US, SBC official Brent Leatherwood urges Tennessee lawmakers to pass red flag law
United StatesRNS In late March, Brent Leatherwood got what he called “the most terrifying call a parent could imagine.” There was a shooter at the Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee, where his three children attend. His children survived the attack. Three of their schoolmates did not. Three of the staff at the school were also killed. Brent […]
Postcards: In Nashville, Palm Sunday is a balm after school shooting – pastors
HOLLY MEYER, of Associated Press, reports from Tennessee in the wake of last week’s school shooting…
Push for reform: Tennessee’s God and guns culture under fire as protests mount in Capitol
BOB SMIETANA, of Religion News Service, reports that hundreds of protesters rallied at the Tennessee Capitol this week amid calls for red flag laws and other reforms in the wake of the state’s deadliest school shooting…
Nashville mourns victims of school shooting, Governor speaks of “need for hope”
Updated: 11:25am (AEDT)Nashville, Tennessee, USReuters First lady Jill Biden visited Nashville on Wednesday to join a memorial vigil for the three children and three adults shot to death this week at a Christian day school, including two educators who were close friends of the Tennessee governor’s wife. The outdoor ceremony was scheduled to start about […]
Essay: Five years after Parkland, US school shootings haven’t stopped, and kill more people
In an article first published on The Conversation, criminologists DAVID RIEDMAN, JAMES DENSLEY and JILLIAN PETERSON, says while progress has been made in some areas, there is still much work to be done to ensure the safety and well-being of students and educators in US schools…
In the US, Oregon interfaith leaders declare win in vote to tighten gun control
RNS For Rev Mark Knutson, securing the necessary signatures this summer to get one of the country’s strictest gun control measures on the Oregon midterm ballot was an accomplishment on its own. Now, he and other proponents are declaring it a historic victory. “We are celebrating a victory for our children and youth and high […]